# Happy Star Wars Day! May the Fourth Be With You. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 4, 2011, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-star-wars-day-may-the-fourth-be-with-you/580725 "2011-05-04T17:53:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Wile\_E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c37758/32.png) [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2011, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-star-wars-day-may-the-fourth-be-with-you/580725/1 "2011-05-04T17:53:34Z")
Happy Star Wars Day! How are we supposed to celebrate? Let the Wookie win? Put on a gold bikini and a dog leash? Make the Kessel Run in 12 parsecs? ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2011, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-star-wars-day-may-the-fourth-be-with-you/580725/2 "2011-05-04T19:51:17Z")
I think I’ll watch some Star Wars today. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![a35362](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@a35362](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/a35362)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2011, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-star-wars-day-may-the-fourth-be-with-you/580725/3 "2011-05-04T20:28:26Z")
Why May 4th? I thought it was May 25th. ---
**Author:** ![Wile\_E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c37758/32.png) [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2011, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-star-wars-day-may-the-fourth-be-with-you/580725/4 "2011-05-04T20:31:06Z")
It’s right there in the title, May the fourth be with you. ---
**Author:** ![a35362](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@a35362](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/a35362)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2011, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-star-wars-day-may-the-fourth-be-with-you/580725/5 "2011-05-04T20:39:51Z")
_groan_ ---
**Author:** ![Merijeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f05b48/32.png) [@Merijeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Merijeek)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2011, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-star-wars-day-may-the-fourth-be-with-you/580725/6 "2011-05-04T20:52:31Z")
As a Star Wars fan I appreciate the thought. As someone who despises pun I have the overwhelming urge to strangle the OP with their own tongue. Decisions, decisions. -Joe ---
**Author:** ![Wile\_E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c37758/32.png) [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2011, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-star-wars-day-may-the-fourth-be-with-you/580725/7 "2011-05-04T20:56:11Z")
I didn’t make it up! It’s a thing! ---
**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2011, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-star-wars-day-may-the-fourth-be-with-you/580725/8 "2011-05-04T21:05:50Z")
Yeah it’s a thing. I heard about it this morning on the radio driving into work. I think it’s kind of cool. ---
**Author:** ![a35362](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@a35362](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/a35362)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2011, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-star-wars-day-may-the-fourth-be-with-you/580725/9 "2011-05-04T21:19:14Z")
Okay, but did you appreciate the fact that I knew May 25th? Then there’s [May the forest be with you.](http://shop.cafepress.com/may-the-forest-be-with-you) ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2011, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-star-wars-day-may-the-fourth-be-with-you/580725/10 "2011-05-05T03:06:39Z")
I graduated from Kent State (no really, I did) so I can’t participate ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Hypno-Toad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b2d939/32.png) [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2011, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-star-wars-day-may-the-fourth-be-with-you/580725/11 "2011-05-05T16:44:31Z")
I celebrated by watching holographic softcore porn with Itchy. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2011, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-star-wars-day-may-the-fourth-be-with-you/580725/12 "2011-05-05T16:51:33Z")
[May the Fourth Be With You](http://maythe4th.starwars.com/country.php) ---
**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2011, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-star-wars-day-may-the-fourth-be-with-you/580725/13 "2011-05-05T16:55:26Z")
> [@a35362](#): > > Why May 4th? I thought it was May 25th. You’re thinking of March 25th, and that is Return of the King Day. ---
**Author:** ![Merijeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f05b48/32.png) [@Merijeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Merijeek)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2011, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-star-wars-day-may-the-fourth-be-with-you/580725/14 "2011-05-05T16:55:54Z")
Oops. Wrong thread. Continue lynching the punner please. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2011, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-star-wars-day-may-the-fourth-be-with-you/580725/15 "2011-05-05T16:56:02Z")
> [@Wile\_E](#): > > Put on a gold bikini and a dog leash? Yes, that’s it exactly. ---
**Author:** ![Taomist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/53a042/32.png) [@Taomist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Taomist)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2011, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-star-wars-day-may-the-fourth-be-with-you/580725/16 "2011-05-05T17:09:54Z")
> [@Wile\_E](#): > > Happy Star Wars Day! > How are we supposed to celebrate? > Let the Wookie win? > Put on a gold bikini and a dog leash? > Make the Kessel Run in 12 parsecs? Put the gold bikini on the Wookie. I dare you.